Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, January 12, 1993 GM offers new paint I jobs for peeling cars DETROIT (AP) - Peeling paint work out deals on affected cars, with on some General Motors Corp. cars GM paying up to the full cost of a and trucks has led the automaker to new paint job. tell its 13,000 dealers to cut deals That's not good enough for the with customers for new paint jobs on Center for Auto Safety, the Wash- affected vehicles. ington D.C.-based automotive The problem, similar to one en- watchdog group. The Center says countered by Ford Motor Co. on its GM should have written to all own- F-series pickup trucks last year, ers alerting them to possible paint could involve millions of vehicle problems. models made from 1986 to present. "The problem with secret war- GM, however, says it doesn't believe ranties in general is that you don't the problem is widespread. have consumers notified and some Regardless, the automaker sent a of them fall through the cracks," service bulletin to dealers in all center spokesperson Debra Barclay seven of its car and truck sales divi- said. sions last fall. It included a videotape GM spokesperson Jack Dinan explaining how to check for the denied yesterday the automaker was problem. Paint on the affected vehi- engaged in a secret warranty cles was likely either under- or over- program. baked in the factory. "We feel we're being very open Dealers were given authority to about it," Dinan said. PROJECT COMMUNITY/SOC 389 Community Service Learning 60 sections including: Schools Hospitals Prisons Homeless Shelters Environmental Advocacy Intergroup Relations Preschools Chemical Dependency Assault Shelter Adult Literacy Youth-at-Risk Special Olympics For Times and Course Requirements 2205 Michigan Union A Somali shopkeeper protests the presence of U.S. Marines conducting a raid on a gun market in Mog adishu yesterday. A force of 900 Marines swepttrough the Bakara market confiscating guns, ammunition and artillery. 900 U.S. Marines storm Somali arms baRar, seize weaponry MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - In the largest U.S. military op- eration so far in Mogadishu, 900 U.S. Marines swept through the country's biggest arms bazaar yesterday and seized weapons ranging from anti-aircraft guns to assault rifles. The raid indicated the mission of U.S. forces was changing from guarding food shipments from bandits to also seizing weapons, as U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali had requested. The Marines - backed by four tanks, armored vehicles and three helicopters - moved unopposed into the core of the fetid Bakara bazaar with their weapons ready to fire. Some Marines crouched on the ground or trained their guns on potential targets from atop vehicles. The Marine commander in Somalia, Maj. Gen. Charles Wilhelm, described the disarming of Mogadishu as the U.S. forces' "sternest challenge." In another attempt to improve security in the lawless capital, Marines hope to double their daily patrols from the current 15 over the next few days, said Col. Michael Hagee, a spokesperson for U.S. forces. Mogadishu was mostly peace- ful yesterday, the day a cease-fire agreed to by Somalia's 14 warring factions was to take effect. "A month ago they were in full-scale civil war. There's been a considerable improvement," said U.S. envoy Robert Oakley. But it could not be determined if the factions were observing the cease-fire or even if they had been informed of the pact, reached in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Com- munications in Somalia are virtually non-existent except for satellite telephones. In the day-long raid, dubbed "Operation Nutcracker," the Marines sealed off escape routes from the Bakara market and seized recoilless rifles, anti-aircraft guns and a mix of light weapons, Hagee said. Some of the arms, including rockets and belts of machine-gun bullets, were dumped into an open-bed truck, guarded by a Marine with his rifle at the ready. The biggest haul came from a furniture warehouse where an as- sortment of weaponry was found amid beds, toilet seats and mat- tresses. Another cache was uncov- ered in a storeroom next to a den- tist's office. Hagee said arms merchants may have moved some of their wares out of the market because of more aggressive Marine weapons seizures in recent days. Milosevic appears at Yugoslav peace talks GENEVA (AP) - Bosnia's Serb leader dropped demands yesterday for a separate state in a concession coinciding with the first appearance at peace talks by hard-line Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Radovan Karadzic's decision could pave the way for a power- sharing pact between Bosnia's Serbs, Muslims and Croats - who have battled for 10 months in a civil war that has claimed at least 17,000 lives. Milosevic also appeared willing to consider peace plans by envoys Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen. Mediators trying to end the con- flict have insisted the Serb side give up its core demand for an enclave in the former Yugoslav republic. The Serbs had held out, hoping to keep open the chance of uniting with Serb-dominated Yugoslavia. Under a peace plan prepared by Vance and Lord Owen, the republic would be divided into 10 provinces along ethnic lines. Bosnian Serbs re- jected that proposal in the past. A meeting source in Geneva, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Karadzic has told the mediators he now would accept Bosnian sovereignty. Karadzic, in an interview with The Associated Press, also said Bosnia's division into 10 provinces was acceptable. "We would ... sign that we do not want secession," Karadzic said. "What we cannot accept is that we will not be able to maintain ties and contacts, on the basis of contracts, with neighboring and distant nations." "What we can't give up is our own identity and personality within Bosnia-Herzegovina," Karadzic said. Milosevic has given his tentative support for the mediators' plan. friends about common pick-up lines. "The whole experience was a seed for the project," she said. Her project, she said, deals with the gray area between the concept of rape as "brutal" and sex between consenting partners. LSA first-year student Ibeawuchi Mbanu's said the sign that read, "You're so sexy," caught his eye be- cause he had used that line on women before. *I 01 Daily Mass Meeting Thursday, 7:30 p.m. 420 Maynard .. - - JOIN US IN THE FUTURE ...........'.,..-..~:*,g..----- CABLE Continued from page 1+ - such as billing and rates - have not yet been decided.t "(The cost of cable) will not be woven in with room and board rates1 like refrigerator rentals. It will be an option," Levy said.1 He said the University originallyl planned to install cable with the telecommunications system in 1986,j but was unable due to technical problems. Most students who live in resi- dence halls said they support the in- stallation of cable in University housing. "Ihthink, in general, it's a great idea - for me especially, because I. will have the opportunity to watch CNN," said Gerhard Urbasch, an LSA sophomore who lives in South Quad. Kevin Green, a first-year Engi- neering student who lives in West Quad, said he and his roommates' would have loved to have cable this year. "We don't watch much TV now because we don't get good recep- tion," he said. Although the University is still debating the issue, televised lectures are a prominent contender in the race of programs to fill the Universi- ty's channels. Professors and students of large lecture classes - classes which would be the most likely candidates for television - had mixed reactions. Chris Peterson, a Psychology professor, said he supports the idea because he had positive experiences with televised college courses when he was in school. "I think it would be great. I think it would be efficient, and I think it would be higher-quality," he said. English Prof. Ralph Williams said he can see the benefits of tele- vised lectures, but expressed concern about the ability to interpret student reaction to the material. "Being present means being able to intervene and being able to ask questions, so I wouldn't be so favor- able," he said. "One responds to facial expressions - unheard FORUM Continued from page1 this because we wanted to invite speakers that we wanted to hear, not that the administration wanted us to hear," he said. The conference, which has 20 scheduled speakers, will address controversial and complex issues such as pediatric AIDS, infant mor- tality, crack babies, and maternal and child health care. Conference organizers said they are unsure of the specific topics Elder will address. Hibbert said Medstart wants to learn from those who teach children at a very early age. Valariea Lovelace, Ph.D., of "Sesame Street," also accepted an invitation to speak at the conference. The organization will also com- bine forces with the Children's Defense Fund to implement Child Watch, a program designed to edu- cate medical students on the lack of health care available to children of poor families. "We think that if people know about these problems they will be better able to help," Hibbert said. ART Continued from page 1 accessible to the public than art confined to a gallery or museum. "That's what makes it more ef- fective," she said. Jennifer Bolden, a first-year Rackham student, said she was per- plexed by the guerrilla art. Bradley said the idea for her pro- ject was born from a discussion with The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for winter term, starting in January. via U.S. mail are $120. The balance of fall term only is $40. Winter term (January through April) is $90. On-campus subscriptions for winter term are $35. 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